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Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by ericlewis on Saturday May 01, 2021 @11:10PM (#27012051)
It’s bloat because those don’t need to be there.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by esperent on Sunday May 02, 2021 @12:36AM (#27012387)
It just seems strange for you to single out Motorola which is one of the companies with the least bloatware unstalled.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by Lev1a on Sunday May 02, 2021 @12:59PM (#27016771)
Those apps stay out of your way if you don't wanna use them and they barely use 0.1% of the internal storage.

I'd hardly call that bloat given the "Samsung Experience" I once had on one of those GalaxyNote 10.1 tablets. It was slow (basically everything in any app lagged), the OS was a non-upgradable Android 4.3 or 4.4 with heaps of Samsung BS constantly running and replacing standard apps (e.g. the browser). Also that tablet one day just would not charge anymore after ~1.5-2 years of fairly light use (reading, some video streaming, things like that).